Stopper for bottles.



No, 686,522. Patented Nov. I2, l90l. L. AMBERG, Decd.

D B LEVY, Admlmstrator STDPPER FOR BOTTLES.

(Application filed. June 22, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

DAVID B. LEVY, OF NEw YORK, N. Y., ADMINISTRATOR OF LEO AMBERG, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO FRANCO-AMERICAN CHEMICAL WORKS, OF wOoDRIDCE, NEwJERsEY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,522, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed June 22,1901. Serial No. 65,562. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: into the groove G, as shown in Fig. 2. A 50 Be it known that LEOAMBERG, deceased, screw M, having a milled head at its uplate a citizen of the United States and late per end and a socket P in its lower end, is a resident of the city of New York, in the screwed through a central screw-threaded county of New'York and State of New York, aperture in the cover-plate H and neck K.

did invent certain new and useful Improve- A washer R, of vulcanized fiber or other like ments in Stoppers for Bottles, of which the or suitable substance, is placedinto the socket following is a specification. P. Part of the flange L is cut Ofi tangen- This invention relates to improvements in tially at the pivot'screw J, as at Q, to permit IO stoppers for bottles, and especially to stopof swinging the cover-plate laterally. The pers for bottles for containing and adminisupper end of the block is recessed and made to tering volatile liquids. slightly conical to form a blunted point S, in The object of the invention is to provide a which a capillary aperture T is formed, which new and improved stopper which is simple communicates with the upper end of a tube I 5 in construction, closes the bottle absolutely V, which projects from the lower end of the tight, can be opened and closed easily and blockand intothetubularbottomextensionE. rapidly, and when so opened permits the iu- The operation is as follows: To close the ternal pressure in the bottle to eject the liqbottle, the cover-plate H is swung over the uid in a jet or stream with which the stopper upper end of the block D, the edge part of 20 does not interfere. the, flange L entering the groove G in the In the accompanying drawings, in which raised rim F, as shown in Fig. 2, and then the like letters of reference indicate like parts in screw M is screwed down for the purpose of all the views, Figure 1 is a side view of the firmly pressing the washer or packingR upon improved stopper opened. Fig. 2 is avertithe blunted point S, whereby the capillary 25 cal sectional view of the same closed. Fig. aperture T is closed tightly. The stopper 3 is a plan View of the same opened. Fig. 4 cannot open accidentally, as the screw M is a face view of the under side of theliinged forces the edge part of the flange L against cover-plate. the top of the groove G, and thus holds the The bottle A has a neck B, and on the same cover-plate in place. To open the bottle, the 30 an externally-threaded sleeve 0 is secured. screw M is loosened sufliciently to raise the The stopper is composed of a cylindrical or washer or packing R off the blunted point S, like block D, provided at its lower end with and thereby the flange L is also loosened in an internally-screw-threaded tubular eXtenthe groove G and the cover-plate H can be sion E, which is screwed on the sleeve 0. At swung to one side, as shown in Fig. 1, and 3 5 the top the block D is provided with a raised the capillary opening T is now fully exposed rim F, which is cut away for about half the and the contents of the bottle can be forced circumference of the block, as at F. In the as a fine jet by the pressure in the bottle inner surface of the remaining part of the throughsaid capillaryaperture. If thebottle raised rim a groove G is cut. A cover-plate is held horizontally, or nearly so, with the 0 H of the diameter of the top of the block D raised rim F at the top and the part F tois pivoted at its rim by a pivot-screw J to the ward the bottom, the cover-plate H swings 0 upper surface of the raised rim F at one end down automatically as soon as the screw M of the same, so that the said cover-plate can is loosened, and thus does not interfere with be swung to one side from the upper end of the spray or jet of liquid passing through the 45 the block D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A capillary aperture.

short neck K projects centrally from the un- Having described the invention, what is der side of the cover-plate H and is provided claimed as new, and desired to be secured by with an annular flange L of such thickness Letters Patent, isand diameter that part of its edge can pass 1. In astopper for bottles, the combination with a block having a capillary aperture, of a cover-plate pivoted on said block and a screw in said plate for closing the capillary opening, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a stopper for bottles, the combination with a block having a capillary aperture, and a semicircular, internally-grooved raised rim, of a cover-plate pivoted to said rim, a projecting, part on the cover-plate, which enters said groove, and a screw in said cover-plate for closing the capillary aperture, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a stopper for bottles, the combination with a block having a recess in its top and a slight conical rise in the bottom of said recess, and a capillary aperture in the apex of said raised part, of a cover-plate pivoted to said block, and a screw mounted in said cover plate for closing the capillary aperture, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a stopper for bottles, the combination with a block having capillary aperture in its upper end, of a cover-plate pivoted to the up per end of said block to swing laterally in a plane parallel to that of the upper end of the block, a screw mounted in said cover-plate, and a washer on the inner end of said screw for closing the said capillary aperture, substantially as herein shown and described.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 6th day of June, 1901.

DAVID B. LEVY, Administrator of the estate of Leo Amberg.

In presence of OSCAR F. GUNZ, GEO. E. ORUsE. 

